85R26389 JRR-F     By: Collier H.B. No. 3428     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3428:     By:  Coleman C.S.H.B. No. 3428       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to minimum standards regarding the continuity of   prescription medications for the care and treatment of county jail   prisoners.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 511.009, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:          (d)  The commission shall adopt reasonable rules and   procedures establishing minimum standards regarding the continuity   of prescription medications for the care and treatment of   prisoners.  The rules and procedures shall require that a prisoner   who is determined to be lawfully taking a prescription medication   when the prisoner enters the county jail be maintained on that same   prescription medication or an equivalent generic drug until a   qualified health care professional directs otherwise on   individualized consideration.          SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2018, the Commission on   Jail Standards shall adopt the rules and procedures required by   Section 511.009(d), Government Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.